Christians Schools: Challenge of Integrating Faith in Learning
- July 19, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Category: Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue VII, July 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
Christians Schools: Challenge of Integrating Faith in Learning
Rev. Dr. Peter Mamuli Nyongesa
Chairman, Department of Social Science, Kaimosi Friends University College, Kenya
Abstract: – Private Christian schools are not just helping the Government of Kenya to provide quality education to its citizens. They have to ensure that they also fulfill their primary purpose as Christian learning institutions. Christian schools exist to produce holistic learners who will be cherished by all the stakeholders in the Kenyan community and beyond. They should also prepare learners to be leaders who possess Christian integrity and who actively engage in fulfilling mission Dei.This can be achieved by integrating faith in learning and in core-curricular activities. The purpose of this paper is to challenge Christian educators concerning the need and process of integrating faith in learning so that Christian schools can achieve the goals of Christian education.
Keywords: Christian school, Christian educator, Faith, Learning, Integration, mission Dei
I. INTRODUCTION
The main goal of a Christian school is to achieve its God given goal. The purpose of a Christian school is greater than that of non-Christian school. According to Musyoka, “Christian schools are supposed to deliberately shape in students the specific kinds of values and life motives that govern the use of educational knowledge and skills in the promotion of the mission of the church on earth as God intends it to be.”
The Christian educator can enable the learners achieve their God given purpose by properly integrating faith in learning. Dr. Garrick emphasizes the need for integration by stating the difference between a Christian teacher and a teacher who is a Christian:
There is a difference between a Christian teacher and a teacher who is a Christian. Too often a teacher who is a Christian moves into the Christian school classroom and carries the same secular bent toward the subjects and even the students which were present in the non-Christian school. In contrast, the truly Christian teacher assures that all the teachings, activities, and relationships are in alignment with his Christian view of life and with the teaching of scripture.
